1981 Popy Hulk Hogan MOC signed and the 1981 Marusho at the Hogan's Beach Shop in Orl

[samosa4u]

What a good read! We need more threads like this on here.

It really sucks about what happened to your Marusho card. The damage is pretty evident, especially on the last two letters of "Hogan." I don't think PSA/DNA is going to give this one a green light now, but hey, you could always send it to Gary Moser and he'll fix this one up for you.

The Popy looks amazing. You made the right decision by getting him to sign the back. If you had gotten him to sign that plastic on the front and you were to take it outside in the Florida heat - yikes! It would have been a mess! I definitely think you should get it encapsulated by one of those toy grading companies - AFA? Is that what they're called?

[Bored5000]

Interesting read. Definitely cool that Hogan can still draw such a crowd in 2019.

David, what is the background or details of the Marusho card? I am not familiar with that Hogan card. How does the value and rarity compare to the Popy card?

[Dpeck100]

Originally Posted by Bored5000

Interesting read. Definitely cool that Hogan can still draw such a crowd in 2019.

David, what is the background or details of the Marusho card? I am not familiar with that Hogan card. How does the value and rarity compare to the Popy card?

Here is the info on the Marusho set. A great thread from CU introducing them and tracking them.

https://forums.collectors.com/discus...-wrestling-set

I don't believe a complete checklist exists and PSA at this time doesn't grade them. It is a mini card like the Yamakatsu's and smaller than the Popy. I would say generally speaking the card is going to be less valuable than the Popy but is still really cool. This copy has a dinged upper left corner and now a little bit soft right corner from the water. They are by no means easy to find and little is known about them so going forward if one surfaces on EBAY it certainly could do well. If PSA grades them at some point then the price will move up significantly. As I stated Hulk had never seen one so it certainly is extremely rare.

[samosa4u]

Originally Posted by Bored5000

David, what is the background or details of the Marusho card? I am not familiar with that Hogan card. How does the value and rarity compare to the Popy card?

The difference between the two is this: the Popy is a trading card and the Marusho appears to be a game card.

It looks like these Marusho cards came with this Tiger Mask board game.

[Bored5000]

Thanks, guys, for the information about the Marusho cards. PSA not grading them is probably one of the big reasons I was not familiar with the set.

[wrestlingcardking]

I was able to bring the Hogan Popy to light with the card collectors and there is no doubt that people recognize this as a Hogan rookie. It has exploded since more knowledge has been brought to the surface. Dpeck has an amazing item by having the Hogan figure/Hogan card combination. It is really interesting that most of the figures have the Mil Mascaras as the header card. This is a 1 of 1 item now and will continue to be low pop even if someone tries to duplicate Dpeck's efforts. This item is truly epic!

[Dpeck100]

Thanks Rob.

You definitely were the first to discover the Popy Hogan.

[maniac_73]

Small world as I already commented on this on instagram (Hulkamaniac4ever) good to see you are a Net54er as well!

[sthoemke]

Originally Posted by samosa4u

The difference between the two is this: the Popy is a trading card and the Marusho appears to be a game card.

It looks like these Marusho cards came with this Tiger Mask board game.

That's my box purchased a few years ago, but I didn't get a Hogan.

[wrestlingcardking]

ever find a Hogan Steve? Any extra Andres?

[sthoemke]

I don't have any Marusho Hogans. I have a few Andres, but don't care to sell them.

[samosa4u]

Originally Posted by sthoemke

That's my box purchased a few years ago, but I didn't get a Hogan.

How do you know that it wasn't searched? People search through boxes all the time and have even found ways to reseal packs without it looking obvious. Hogan is a global icon and I wouldn't be surprised if somebody in Japan went through it.

[sthoemke]

Originally Posted by samosa4u

How do you know that it wasn't searched? People search through boxes all the time and have even found ways to reseal packs without it looking obvious. Hogan is a global icon and I wouldn't be surprised if somebody in Japan went through it.

I don't know if they had been searched or not. The packs were stapled, and it didn't appear that someone previously unstapled them to search the packs.

[samosa4u]

Originally Posted by sthoemke

I don't know if they had been searched or not. The packs were stapled, and it didn't appear that someone previously unstapled them to search the packs.

The packs were stapled? Yikes!

[Dpeck100]

Originally Posted by samosa4u

What a good read! We need more threads like this on here.

It really sucks about what happened to your Marusho card. The damage is pretty evident, especially on the last two letters of "Hogan." I don't think PSA/DNA is going to give this one a green light now, but hey, you could always send it to Gary Moser and he'll fix this one up for you.

The Popy looks amazing. You made the right decision by getting him to sign the back. If you had gotten him to sign that plastic on the front and you were to take it outside in the Florida heat - yikes! It would have been a mess! I definitely think you should get it encapsulated by one of those toy grading companies - AFA? Is that what they're called?

Yeah the damage is clear on part of Hulk's signature for sure but was no where near as bad as the Ichiban side. I went from being on top of the world wooooo as I got in my car to F!!!!

I had no interest is getting the front signed as many do. I see no reason to cover up Hulk's face and no reason to cover up the figure. I posted it on my FB page and someone said I should have had him sign the bubble in pink. Yeah no. Had I don't that it would have been a disaster with the heat. Lesson learned on my part. I just didn't even think about it.

In my view the back was perfect because it was a big canvas to have him sign on and I really wanted the inscription.

AFA is the grading company you are correct. I have done a little investigating and they only have one in the pop report and it is the Mil Mascaras. This will be the only Hogan/Hogan example so I do intend to do that at some point. I have my best cards displayed and loose LJN's so this will look killer.

Thanks for checking out the thread and the comments.